Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 13: Military Expansion Plan
When I arrived at Zhang's hometown, I saw Zhang Ying, Zhang's little grandson, holding a book of Analects, shaking his head and reading a passage and reciting a passage.

The Master said: "The people can let them know, but they can't let them know."

The Master said: "If you are brave and poor, you will be chaotic. People are not benevolent, and if you are very sick, you will be chaotic."

The Master said: "If you have the beauty of the Duke of Zhou's talents, you can be arrogant and stingy, and the rest will be insignificant."

Qiu Tianxing is used to this kind of scene, because he sees it often, so he doesn't have the funny feeling when he saw it for the first time.

"Zhang Ying, you're still endorsing! Is your grandfather there?" Qiu Tianxing came here often, so he was already familiar with Mr. Zhang's grandson.

"Oh, it's Brother Tianxing! Come on, don't eat for now, help me out and see if I recite it correctly."

Seeing Qiu Tianxing, Zhang Ying put down the Analects in his hand and walked over.He asked Qiu Tianxing to endorse for him again.

Seeing Zhang Ying's situation, Qiu Tianxing had a headache.In his previous life, he did a lot of mutual endorsements when he was young, so he hated this kind of thing the most.But he had no choice but to take the Analects and prepare to help Zhang Ying watch it.

Just at this time, Mr. Zhang appeared.Seeing Mr. Zhang, Qiu Tianxing found an excuse and hurriedly returned the Analects of Confucius to Zhang Ying.

"Oh, Zhang Ying, you can memorize it first. I have something to do with your grandpa!" After speaking, he left directly.

Seeing this familiar scene, Zhang Ying muttered.In desperation, he had no choice but to walk aside and prepare to recite alone. Today, he was going to recite the Taber chapter.

Just when Zhang Ying was about to endorse the book, Qiu Tianxing stopped and turned to Zhang Ying.

"Zhang Ying! Now the imperial court is dead. Why do you still memorize the Analects and take the stereotype test? Do you want to take the Tartar imperial examination? You can't do such a thing of betraying your ancestors for the sake of fame! Why don't you come to me in the afternoon Go to class! I'll teach you something useful."

Hearing what Qiu Tianxing said, Zhang Ying was immediately dissatisfied.

"Who said stereotypes are useless? The imperial court did not perish, and the Ming Dynasty was rebuilt in Nanjing! I will go to Nanjing to take the exam after I have learned something! Instead, it is you who teach those muddy typos every day. This is against the teachings of the saints and tampers with the saints." The text passed down!"

Hearing that Zhang Ying disagreed with his opinion, Qiu Tianxing was not angry, but just smiled.Zhang Zhangying is only a wealthy family in the village, and his grandfather Zhang Hesheng, also known as Mr. Zhang, is actually just a small landlord.But he just looked down on the villagers who have lived with them for generations, which shows how big the class difference is at this time.However, Qiu Tianxing doesn't want to deliberately change anything, after all, the current ethnic conflicts are greater than class conflicts.

Qiu Tianxing didn't continue talking, but turned his head and walked towards Mr. Zhang.

"Tianxing, you are here!" Mr. Zhang greeted Qiu Tianxing.

Qiu Tianxing nodded, and said, "Old Zhang, have all the villagers who came in yesterday been arranged?"

Recently, because the reputation of Laohugou has gradually spread to the outside world, some villagers around who disobeyed the rule of the Tartars have defected to Laohugou.

It is a good thing and a bad thing that there are too many people.The good thing is that the power has grown, but the bad thing is that the infrastructure and fields are not enough.

"Yesterday, the group of people has been resettled. Everyone helped together, and the house has been built. But now there are too many people here, and the trees have been cut down. I counted, a total of 600 acres of land. People come to join us every month, and now the number has exceeded [-]. The land is allocated to each person, and it is less than two acres. There can be no more, no more can be arranged.”

Hearing what Mr. Zhang said, Qiu Tianxing realized that Tiger Valley is already saturated.Of course, this kind of saturation refers to self-sufficiency. If there is no production and farming in Laohugou and only people live in it, thousands of people can live in it without any problem.

Qiu Tianxing nodded, indicating that he understood.

During the meal, Mr. Zhang asked Qiu Tianxing about the training of the militia. After all, force is very important in the last days of the dynasty.Only with the protection of force can we enjoy a little peace.

Swallowing the rice in his mouth, Qiu Tianxing said to Mr. Zhang.

"It has been three months of training now, and the militiamen have already trained in formation and marching. Immediately I am going to train them to use spears to improve their combat capabilities."

Mr. Zhang nodded and said, "Hurry up and hurry up! It's not peaceful outside. I heard that the Tatars have gone to Yangzhou and slaughtered all the soldiers and civilians in the city. If the Tatars send troops to attack us, our soldiers must be Impossible. After the training is completed, the army must be expanded. Now there are more than [-] strong men in Laohugou, and the militia can be increased."

Because of the delay in the news, Mr. Zhang didn't know that his news was a month ago. Now, Nanming's Hongguang regime has been destroyed.

Today, Qiu Tianxing, who is in charge of forty militiamen, has become the leader of Laohugou, and Mr. Zhang has gradually approached him to help him straighten out the civil affairs in Laohugou.Qiu Tianxing is aware of Zhang Lao's worries, but simply expanding the army will weaken the combat effectiveness.Of course, today's militias may not have formed combat effectiveness, they just learned simple discipline.

"Well, I plan to train the spears for another month, and then expand the army according to the situation."

After wiping his mouth, after he was full, Qiu Tianxing put down his job and went back to work.Nowadays, the civil and military affairs of the militiamen are all carried by Qiu Tianxing alone, which is really not easy.

After returning home, Qiu Tianxing compiled a simplified and traditional dictionary for another three hours, then checked the time, and found that it was almost time to apply, so he took today's textbook and went to class.

The classroom is on the training ground.Without windows or electric lights, Qiu Tianxing could not teach the militiamen in the dark hut.So Qiu Tianxing changed the classroom into an open-air one.Each militiaman has a flat wooden board in his hand, and a wooden strip is wrapped around the board to form a sunken space.The surface of the board is covered with a thin layer of sand, so that traces of words can be left after strokes with a pen.

It took Zhao carpenter a long time to build these dozens of boards.Now he is needed to dry jujube wood in the shade, to make jujube poles, to make this simple learning plank, and to make wooden doors and furniture in the villagers' homes.Perhaps the busiest person in this Laohugou is not Qiu Tianxing, but he, Carpenter Zhao.After being overwhelmed, Carpenter Zhao brought ten apprentices in one go, which relieved the pressure of work.

In this way, Zhao's workshop was established in such a crude situation.Although it is still small, it will grow stronger and stronger in the future as the business volume increases.

(End of this chapter)